A Classic Children's Fantasy Book that Inspired C.S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien! Published in 1872, The Princess and the Goblinis one of the first books in the modern fantasy genre. This book had tremendous and very visible influence on all the (now much more famous) authors that came after it. It’s really a charming fairy tale for children about a princess, a miner and hundreds of goblins—not just one. Eight-year-old Princess Irene lives a lonely life in a castle in a wild, desolate, mountainou

Chapter 1 WHY THE PRINCESS HAS A STORY ABOUT HER /1 Chapter 2 THE PRINCESS LOSES HERSELF /6 Chapter 3 THE PRINCESS AND—WE SHALL SEE WHO /10 Chapter 4 WHAT THE NURSE THOUGHT OF IT /19 Chapter 5 THE PRINCESS LETS WELL ALONE /24 Chapter 6 THE LITTLE MINER /28 Chapter 7 THE MINES /44 Chapter 8 THE GOBLINS /50 Chapter 9 THE HALL OF THE GOBLIN PALACE /61 Chapter 10 THE PRINCESS’S KING-PAPA /72 Chapter 11 THE OLD LADY’S BEDROOM /80 Chapter 12 A SHORT CHAPTER ABOUT CURDIE /91 Chapter 13 THE COBS’ CREATURES /94 Chapter 14 THAT NIGHT WEEK /100 Chapter 15 WOVEN AND THEN SPUN /106 Chapter 16 THE RING /119 Chapter 17 SPRING-TIME /122 Chapter 18 CURDIE’S CLUE /126 Chapter 19 GOBLIN COUNSELS /138 Chapter 20 IRENE’S CLUE /146 Chapter 21 THE ESCAPE /153 Chapter 22 THE OLD LADY AND CURDIE /168 Chapter 23 CURDIE AND HIS MOTHER /177 Chapter 24 IRENE BEHAVES LIKE A PRINCESS /188 Chapter 25 CURDIE COMES TO GRIEF /192 Chapter 26 THE GOBLIN-MINERS /199 Chapter 27 THE GOBLINS IN THE KING’S HOUSE /203 Chapter 28 CURDIE’S GUIDE /212 Chapter 29 MASONWORK /217 Chapter 30 THE KING AND THE KISS /221 Chapter 31 THE SUBTERRANEAN WATERS /226 Chapter 32 THE LAST CHAPTER /233